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Galderma makes acne rewarding
Nestle-L'Oreal joint venture Galderma is using rewards to get teens to stick with their acne treatment regimen through its EpiduoTap app created by HealthPrize.
The app rewards teens for activities like filling prescriptions on time, reporting daily use and taking quizzes, and includes a "fortune cookie"—a daily tip about acne. Prizes include iTunes and Amazon.com gift cards. HealthPrize CEO Thomas Kottler said low-denomination gift cards are incentives because "people want something in the near-term." Kottler said dangling a major prize isn't as valuable because "they actually don't save enough points because they want something now."
The marketers also want something in return: patients with prescriptions for the acne medication, no exceptions. The promotion focuses on teens, even though adults get acne and the site has a section labeled "young adults."
Kottler said that acne medication adherence runs into the same stumbling blocks as adherence resistance for any sort of medication, even when patients approach doctors for the very medication they aren't taking. Adding to the drop-off rate, the medication appears to make the condition go away, even if it hasn't been resolved.
Although the rewards program officially kicked off March 11, Kottler said the company did a test run in June, promoting it to a limited number of dermatologists to assess "how to educate the sales rep and to get the sales rep to educate physicians about the program." He estimates that around 800 healthcare professionals were part of the summer rollout, and response was positive: doctors liked the program and "the brand saw significant new script lift." Kottler noted that the immediate impact is just one part of the program, and the long-term benefit is that doctors tend to prefer drugs with adherence programs, "because they really do want their patients to take the medications they prescribe."Neither Nestle nor L'Oreal break out Galderma sales by product, but both noted in their respective annual reports that the joint venture provides a financial boost. L'Oreal said sales for the derm-centric division grew 5.9% in 2012, year-over-year, and Nestle said the interest filed 57 patents last year. The unit's product line includes OTC products such as Cetaphil and prescription drugs Epiduo and the roseacea drug Oracea, among others.


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Jerry Saltz on Thomas Kinkade, 1958-2012
"The reason the art world doesn't love Kinkade isn't that it hates love, life, goodness, or God."
"I view art as an inspirational tool. People who put my paintings on their walls are putting their values on their walls." The words aren't those of Gerhard Richter or Joseph Beuys. They're not by Picasso, Mondrian, Malevich, or any other messianic modernist. They come from Thomas Kinkade, the epitome of sentimental, illustrational, conservative art, the self-described "painter of light," who died on Friday at 54. Kinkade, who made dreamy scenes of suburbia, classic cottages, pretty gardens, lighthouses alone on stormy shores, saccharine pictures of small villages, and Christian images celebrating Jesus, poses an interesting thought problem about kitsch and so-called "real art" to the wider art world.
Even in the thirties, Clement Greenberg worried about kitsch, the split between popular and avant-garde taste. "The same culture produces a painting by Braque and a Saturday Evening Post cover," he wrote, fretting that "real art would not stand a chance next to ... Norman Rockwell." I've always thought that this is fine; people should like whatever they want to like. And they do like Kinkade: It's estimated that he sold around $100 million worth of art each year. (The art world went nuts when Damien Hirst sold just one dopey diamond-encrusted skull trinket for that amount.)
Kinkade estimated that one of his paintings hung in every twenty homes in America. Yet the art world unanimously ignores or reviles him. Me included. This weekend I got slapped in the Washington Post's Kinkade obituary for once writing, "Art is not democratic. It isn't about the biggest market share or the best sales. If that were true then Thomas Kinkade would be the greatest artist who ever lived." Those who love him love that he sells the most art; they take it as a point of faith that this proves Kinkade is the best. But his fans don't only rely on this supply-and-demand justification. They go back to values. As the Kinkade website says, "Thom painted over 1,000 masterworks ... hidden in his paintings are messages that speak to Thom's inspiration for each image [which] contains treasures that add to their mystique." The paintings are good, in other words, because the values in them are good. I'm not sure what this makes Goya's "Saturn Devouring his Children," all of Balthus, those sexy prehistoric statues of giant-breasted women, or tens of thousands of Japanese and Indian images of sexual intercourse.
The reason the art world doesn't love Kinkade isn't that it hates love, life, goodness, or God. We may be silly or soulless or whatever, but we don't automatically hate things with faith and love or that other people love. We're not sociopaths. (Well, most of us aren't.) The reason the art world doesn't respond to Kinkade is because none — not one — of his ideas about subject-matter, surface, color, composition, touch, scale, form, or skill is remotely original. They're all cliché and already told. This is why Kinkade's pictures strike those in the art world as either prepackaged, ersatz, contrived, or cynical. Unoriginal rote things done in his perfectly conventional, balanced people-pleasing way produced these confected conglomerations of things people wanted to think they wanted to think about, democratic paintings whose meanings are hidden from no one, whose appeal is to not to vex or disturb, to produce doubt or newness. As Kinkade said, "I work to create images that project a serene simplicity that can be appreciated and enjoyed by everyone." Joan Didion wrote that Kinkade's pictures "typically feature a cottage or a house of such insistent coziness as to seem actually sinister, suggestive of a trap designed to attract Hansel and Gretel. Every window lit, to lurid effect, as if the interior of the structure might be on fire."
Kinkade's "serene simplicity" wasn't limited to his ideas about imagery. They had everything to do with what Andy Warhol called "business art." Kinkade was willing to go the full Warhol. He mass-produced his pictures, making prints and images painted by factories filled with assistants. A recent ad advertised "a Master Highlighter Event ... an 8-hour personal stage appearance by a certified Thomas Kinkade Master Highlighter. At the event, a highlighter enhances images of the gallery's choice." Needless to say, these are the very things that artists like Kinkade, and of late David Hockney, have railed about when they're done by Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami, or Damien Hirst. In fact Kinkade makes Koons & Co. look like a boutique. After all, Jeff Koons never built his own gated communities in California, with houses and grounds in the likeness of his paintings, with starting prices at $425,000. (As for creating serenity, it's often mentioned that Kinkade "has a long history of cursing and heckling other artists and performers ... that he openly groped a woman's breasts ... and once relieved himself on a Winnie the Pooh figure while saying "This one's for you, Walt." Actually, except for the groping, he suddenly sounds interesting. )
Kinkade's paintings are worthless schmaltz, and the lamestream media that love him are wrong. However, I'd love to see a museum mount a
small show of Kinkade's work. I would like the art world and the wider world to argue about him in public, out in the open. Kinkade once said his goal was to "make people happy." I'm not sure if there's anything to be learned from happy public reactions at a museum to Kinkade's paintings, but I'm more than happy to, as he put it, test our values on their walls.


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Easy, Quick Photo Viewer Allows Mac Users to Browse Through Any Drive or Folder Without Importing Into Software
Easy, Quick Photo Viewer Allows Mac Users to Browse Through Any Drive or Folder Without Importing Into Software
FREMONT, CA--(Marketwired - Apr 30, 2013) - ArcSoft, Inc., the industry-leading software developer of multimedia imaging technologies and applications, announced today its release of Photo+, a new photo viewer that promises an unparalleled viewing and manipulating experience. Unlike other programs that require users to import photos directly into the software, Photo+ pulls directly from any folder or drive. By just dragging or selecting a single image, Photo+ automatically displays every image from the same folder without the constant closing and clicking that accompanies so many standard photo-viewing programs. By analyzing and correcting user frustrations with the built-in tools and the missing elements from competing products, ArcSoft developed Photo+ for Mac to create the elegant experience Mac users have come to expect from their software.
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"Photo+ really is a response to a huge gap in the photo viewing and manipulating software," said Sean Mao, Vice President of Marketing at ArcSoft, Inc. "Today, everyone has a smartphone equipped with a great camera capable of taking great photos. Photo+ is a platform that is simple, streamlined and appeals to both the amateur and the professional photographer."
Photo+ is smart enough to rotate vertical photos automatically so users don't waste time rotating each photo. A simple swipe of the fingers moves the slideshow backward or forward and a quick pinch allows Photo+ users to zoom without having to find the individual file, open it and begin zooming. If users prefer an overview of their photos, the thumbnail view is instantly available while the slideshow option allows for customization options such as music and more than a dozen transitions.
"So many photos can be overwhelming," said Mao. "Photo+ has created a platform that makes it easy to edit the photos you don't want and share the memories you do." Sharing your photos is as simple as clicking the spacebar and selecting favorites while browsing. From there, users can instantly share individual photos or a slideshow to Facebook, Twitter and Flickr.
Photo+ is available at: http://www.arcsoft.com/photoplus/
About ArcSoft, Inc.
ArcSoft, Inc. is an industry-leading software developer of multimedia imaging technologies and applications, offering fully integrated solutions to provide a complete user experience that spans across smart phones, feature phones, tablets, PCs, smart TVs, and cameras. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, USA, ArcSoft has regional commercial and development facilities in both Europe and Asia.
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Records of Germans Immigrating to the United StatesGermans to America Passenger Data File, 1850-1897
The Center for Immigration Research created this series to promote access to information about German, Russian and Italians immigrants to the United States. The information was extracted from ship passenger lists in the records of the U.S. Customs Service (NARA Record Group 36).
These are records of passengers who were U.S. citizens or non-U.S. citizens planning to continue their travels, returning to the U.S., or staying in the U.S. Most of the records are of passengers arriving at the Port of New York, although there are some records of passengers arriving at the following ports: Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans, and Philadelphia. Each of the passenger records may include name, age, town of last residence, destination, and codes for passenger's sex, occupation, literacy, country of origin, transit and/or travel compartment, the name of the ship, the port of departure, date of arrival and the port of arrival.
This series consists of records of 4,048,907 passengers who arrived at the United States between 1850 through 1897; about 90 percent identified their country of origin or nationality as Germany or a "German" state, city, or region. In about 10 percent of the records, passengers identified their country of origin or nationality as France, Luxemburg, Switzerland, United States, and other places.
"Records of Germans Immigrating to the United States, 1850-1897." Database. WorldVitalRecords.com. http://www.worldvitalrecords.com: 2010. Derivative from Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Germans to the United States, created, ca. 1977 - 2002, documenting the period 1850 - 1897. Records of the Center for Immigration Research. National Archives, Washington, D.C.


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DETROIT -- When it's going badly ...
The Chicago Blackhawks, desperately needing a bounce-back game against the Detroit Red Wings, ideally including a resurgence of the power play and a goal — any kind of goal — from captain Jonathan Toews, instead got nada. Zilch. Bupkes.
The hard-skating, opportunistic Wings choked the life out of the Presidents' Trophy winners, frustrated Toews into three second-period minors — the second of which led to the winning/losing power-play goal by defenceman Jakub Kindl — and rendered the gifted Chicago shooters toothless in a 2-0 victory that left the Blackhawks down 3-1 in games.
Backstopped by another dazzling game in goal by Jimmy Howard, who blocked all 28 shots the Hawks threw at him for his second career playoff shutout, the Red Wings sent their 100th consecutive sellout crowd of 20,066 at Joe Louis Arena home in giddy anticipation of a stunning second-round upset.
Game 5 is Saturday in Chicago.
Dan Cleary scored into an empty net with 38 seconds left to seal the win for the Wings, who barely made the playoffs and are now poised to end the season of the NHL's No. 1 regular-season team.
"If you would have asked me two months ago, I would be shocked," said Detroit coach Mike Babcock. "We started playing better and better. Once we got through the Anaheim series, you go in thinking you have an opportunity. We're competing at a high, high level.
"We're not doing things right all the time, but we're doing them hard all the time. There's a lot to be said for effort and battling."
Chicago coach Joel Quenneville played mix-'n-match with his lines and even relegated Brent Seabrook to his third defence pair trying to shake some magic from his struggling lineup, but the Hawks just kept squeezing their sticks to sawdust and ending every shift mouthing bad words on the bench.
In fairness, Howard was breaking their hearts. He parried all 14 Chicago shots in the first period to weather the mini-storm the Hawks mounted, smothering in-the-clear attempts by the snake-bitten Toews, Patrick Sharp and Michal Handzus, and making a trio of understated but vital right pad saves on screened shots.
His best save came on a third-period 2-on-1 when he sprawled to keep out a shot by David Bolland, perfectly set up by Michael Frolik.
"Howie played well. We pay him to do that. We expect him to do that," said Babcock, purposefully downplaying his goalie's stellar evening.
Toews, meanwhile, is in the midst of another one of his epic playoff droughts — he's had goalless streaks of nine and 14 games in previous playoff seasons, and this one has now reached 10. He has scored just four times in his last 34 playoff starts, inexplicably bad numbers for an offensively-gifted player, captain and Olympic gold-medal winner.
But it was his personal meltdown in the second period that showed just how frustrated the Hawks have been by the Detroit checking game and Toews, in particular, by the work of Wings' captain Henrik Zetterberg.
A guy who had just 11 penalties in the 48-game regular season took three minors in a span of 5:34 — the second of which, undeserved, resulted in a slick Detroit power play and a screened shot from the top of the left-wing faceoff circle that sifted past several bodies and went in off the post behind Hawks' goalie Corey Crawford, who never saw it.
"That was huge for all of us," said Kindl. "We knew we had to pick it up on our power play. They've been playing so good as a team on the PK. This was the biggest game of my life so far and the biggest goal I've had."
"Everyone's a little pissed off," said Crawford. "I thought we played well again. It just seems like we can't get bounces. Three off the post and they get one off the post and in. That pretty much sums it up for the last couple of nights for us.
"We're getting chances, going to the net hard and doing a lot of good things. I just can't explain it. It's another thing if you're not playing hard and you're not battling. That's not the case with our team right now."
Toews was in the box for high-sticking Justin Abdelkader on the goal, but slow-motion replays showed that it was the butt of the Detroit forward's own stick that hit him in the mouth after Toews jarred it out of his hands.
The Chicago centreman was furious, argued vociferously with referee Wes McCauley and, when he took yet another penalty for high sticking a couple of minutes later, had to be calmed down by Seabrook, who made a special trip to the hoosegow door to talk the captain off the ledge.
"We'd like to keep him in the box," said Detroit defenceman Jonathan Ericsson. "He's not as good for them in the box."
"I'm not going to say anything about the officiating," Toews said. "Obviously I disagree with the calls but it's in the heat of the moment. They see what they see. I've gotta be careful of my stick. That doesn't help my team, but I still think we played hard through it, found a way to stay in the game, killed off two big penalties."
"I thought Toews worked. Those first two penalties you could argue about. But Jonny's a battler, he had some looks, they just didn't find a way to get one," said Quenneville. "I think Toewser does a lot of things, whether it's puck possession, how he kills penalties, how he's in the faceoff circle, there's a lot of things he does that help the team game."
But in a series where goals have been so hard to come by, nothing would help the team more than if he scored.
The Blackhawks did battle, and did get their hands dirty. Big Brian Bickell, a few minutes after being apparently knocked silly on a hit in the offensive zone from which he reeled and staggered like a drunk, mugged Abdelkader after the Detroit forward charged the net looking for his own rebound.
But the Red Wings kept their heads while the Hawks were losing theirs, and even when Chicago got a late power-play chance on a Kindl hook that prevented Sharp from breaking in for a clean chance, Detroit didn't allow a single shot on goal.
If they can sense the Hawks' frustration, they're not telling.
"You have to ask Joel that," said Babcock. "I'm not monitoring their players."


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The Elephant in the Room: Migration from Romania and Bulgaria
By Rob Burberry
Whether they like it or not, throughout 2013, Britain's politicians have an elephant in the room. It's an elephant no politician wants to sensibly talk about.
Just like Eric Pickles, the Communities Minister who got in his own pickle this week on the Daily Politics show. It all surrounds the relaxation of 'transitional arrangements' applied when Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007. In short, whilst the two countries may have joined the European Union, some countries including the UK put in a restriction effectively blocking the migration of Romanians and Bulgarians.
Cast your mind back to the expansion of the EU in 2004. Government officials estimated only 'tens of thousands' would migrate to the UK. In fact, hundreds of thousands did. the The graph towards the bottom of this BBC article on the 2011 Census demonstrates this fact perfectly using Polish nationals as an example.
So when Eric Pickles refuses to discuss the figures he has been shown, is it because he thinks the estimates are too low? Too high? About right?! He wouldn't say yesterday and no Conservative politician will say anything concrete on this all year. They don't want to talk about it.
The fact is, to the regular guy down the pub, the looming migration boom from Romania and Bulgaria is of grave concern. By failing to talk about it, Conservative politicians yet again hand the trump card to UKIP. Just ask the Conservatives own Lord Ashcroft, who last month said: "For those drawn to it, UKIP's primary attraction is that it will say things that need to be said but others are scared to say." Eric Pickles is certainly too scared, but he's not the only one – Theresa May is at it too, although perhaps she's a little more honest than Pickles.
Only in November, the Home Secretary admitted to the Daily Telegraph she was powerless, impotent to stop thousands of Romanians and Bulgarians flocking to the UK. There it is, cold as today's snow that Britain is not in full control of it's destiny having handed it over to the Eurocrats.
Are we right to be concerned about the migration, or will just a few hundred pass through Britain's borders from 1st January 2014? For the answers, we need to look at the data, the reasons why Romanians and Bulgarians will indeed flock to the UK. This unofficial piece provides interesting financial data.
So for now, David Cameron will make false and empty promises on an EU referendum, Theresa May will tell us she's powerless and Eric Pickles will refuse to discuss figures.
The Year of the Snake may begin next month, but for the Conservatives it's going to be the Year of the Elephant in the room.
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Hi, Lots of inaccurate statements here. Dont you know that governments everywhere are all talk. Unfortunately I am English, living in Bulgaria but working in London. All Polish, Bulgarian, Romainians, Latvians, etc that I worked with all work extremely well and fit into society very well. maybe a very small minority claim benefits in the uk or have earned the right to bring up families here. We are in Europe and all free to work as we wish. Although I have noticed a massive influx of Spanish and Greeks looking for work in London. Believe me working in the UK isnt the answer people think it is, need to earn a lot to live and work here. very few dont take enough money. England is a small island and is now busting at the seems! yes unfortunately Romania and Bulgaria seem to get the rap when the s h 1 t hits the fan.. tough everywhere for everybody at the minute
I agree with you 100%, stop the blood sucking trash that come into the UK to sit on there arse and get money for it, however with weak government that we have had for over 60 years this will not change also it would be against EU law, that is why the UK is going down hill fast.
To be fair its not only Bulgarians that are mentioned in the UK press, was a bit about a Latvian woman today and the Islamic lot get a lot of press. The UK fears more an invasion of Roma, than a Bulgarian who comes to the UK for work, however the press will not say that as it will be classed as racist and would be taken to court.
Hi again ste125,
Based on my life experience:
Why so many refugees from Asia and Africa are still coming to the UK? They do not like to go to other EU countries, because here in the UK they get 10 times more, even UK government paying them market rate accommodation in London (let's say ?2000 or ?3000 per month). This does not work in Bulgaria, where they live in former army buildings, etc. Both countries are trying to comply with all EU and Human rights conventions.
I simply do not like to see UK spending millions of pounds every year to provide 1st Class life to people from Somalia (example) and UK media attacking Bulgarians and Romanians every day. I think, my taxes in the UK equal to the taxes of 10 or 20 refugees, but I get "ZERO" financial support from the UK government. I do not even ask.
Problem 2: The Gypsies - Yes they are to many. I was in Sofia last week, it was 3 years after my last visit. My impression is they are about 20% of the population in Sofia (?)
I think, I know the Gypsies well, and can separate them quite accurately by the country they are coming from (including UK ones).
However, I think they receive much more from any EU government compare to their benefits to the society.
I recommend to the UK government not allowing ANYONE receiving MONEY CASH from the state, before paying at least one year all related UK taxes. I think this is they way to stop Gypsies from Bulgaria and Romania (plus many other abusers)
wasting the money of the English people.
(Quote)The problem isn't Romanians nor Bulgarians, the problems is gypsies. They will flood the UK, not to work but to mooch off the UK taxpayer and bring lots of criminality.
Yes I agree
(Quote)Problem is also English general fear of Eastern Europeans, before this latest fear of Bulgaria & Romania, they were moaning n whining about Polaks were coming to take over the UK by the gazillions.
I do not see a fear of Eastern Europeans, however at this moment over 1m poles live in the UK I do not think that is a small number. Go to Luton (stan) airport you will find all the adverts outside in Polish, go to Burger King inside and try to find staff who can speak good English.
. at the same time they open the floodgates to Arabs n Pakis, go figure.
Yes you have hit the nail on the head, the UK government has let the people of the UK down in letting this large influx of asylum seekers into the UK, however under International law the UK has to investigate the claims and while this goes on give them accommodation, feed them and give them access to legal help, all at the tax payers expense, this can take years. After this we then get EU human rights to get past, stopping a lot of people get deported.
The UK at the moment is near bursting point with hospitals and schools and accommodation. If I was in charge anyone who had no right to be in the UK would be gone.
I work around Europe and in no country have I asked for anything off the people of any country, that is the way it should be, the UK is a soft touch for any low life from around the World who wants a work free life, including some work shy English people.
A big problem I see in the UK is the Muslims as they are getting stronger, starting to take over towns and will take over the country in years to come.
The reason I came to Bulgaria is I feel a stranger in my own country, I am made to feel ashamed to be English by immigrants from around the World. My view to any immigrant is if you dont like our culture, our way of life or our flag leave. I do not make the statement against any European East or West. The UK is on its way to civil unrest and I am glad to have my home in a proud country that I can relate to, I cannot see the Bulgarians allowing to see the country going the way of the UK
Well done Boris 2009, you are the type of person the UK needs, I hope your firm does very well and you prosper. The media is only bringing up Bulgarians because they are part of the next block to be allowed free entry into the UK, I cannot see lots of Bulgarians heading for the UK, due to the ageing population except I do expect a lot of Gypsies, which I believe is the main fear of the UK.
I do not think I am treated the same as a Bulgarian, when I bought my house I had to open a Bulgarian company and the moment I start talking the price goes up for services.
The problem isn't Romanians nor Bulgarians, the problems is gypsies. They will flood the UK, not to work but to mooch off the UK taxpayer and bring lots of criminality.
Problem is also English general fear of Eastern Europeans, before this latest fear of Bulgaria & Romania, they were moaning n whining about Polaks were coming to take over the UK by the gazillions.. at the same time they open the floodgates to Arabs n Pakis, go figure.
I live in the UK since 2006 (family reasons), I am a Bulgarian and run 2 small own businesses. However, I feel discriminated by the British media, especially last 2-3 years, only because I am a Bulgarian. I live in England and my question is for all English people and politicians:
- Why you separate Europeans? Why you do not like Bulgarians?
I do not think we do like that in Sofia. For me (when I am in Bulgaria) there is no difference between English, French and Polish man, for example.
I know you have immigration problems, but immigrants from outside EU are much, much more than Europeans in the UK?
If you want to be open and modern country, please apply equal rules to everyone. UK brings immigrants from outside Europe equal by numbers to 10 other EU countries and at the same time blame (?) now Bulgarians and Romanians.
No Euro boy, things are not equal, however the problem with the UK at the moment is total immigration. London has a population which is 50% British, and you can be hard pressed at times to find a person who can speak English. Imagine that in Sofia!
In the UK we have a lot of financial tourists, including Taliban and even a Bulgarian claiming political asylum who has been given a nice house and money every week for his wife and 9 kids all paid for by the UK tax payer. So if everything is equal can you tell me why the Bulgarians have not given me a house and money each week to live?
Everything I have in Bulgaria is what I have paid for, not the Bulgarian tax payer, and if a Bulgarian goes to the UK they do not have to provide bank statements to show they can support themselves, unlike here. So as you say things should be equal, please let me know where I can claim some money?
UK must realise that everyone who wanted to be in the UK, is already in the UK. Double standards are not acceptable and cannot be applied for too long, as Europeans we have equal rights, you can accept it or not!
EU must apply sanctions procedures to member states who discriminate and restrict the rights of Europeans.
It is about time that the conservative government of the Uk and also the party start to Govern and not just enjoy being in charge. We have had a load of good talk from Cameron & Co but very little hard action. This is true of this issue, Europe in general and the economy in the UK. Let' see some real leadership and government rather than good words that grab headlines. Whatever way they choose on a number of issues let's have a goal with milestones along the way to judge progress, if it doesn't work let them be realistic and change tactics to another route with the same goal. Mountains normally have several routes to the summit, if you fail on one route you try another, simple.


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Pain is associated with short leukocyte telomere length in women with fibromyalgia
– Source: Journal of Pain, Oct 2012
By Afton L Hassett, et al.
[ Ed Note: A full text, illustrated pdf poster of this important new research (abstract below), is available at http://cdn.f1000.com/posters/docs/250162731. Emerging research also strongly suggests oxidative stress / inflammation plays a role in telomere shortening, and that essential nutrients may play a crucial role in telomere health. See for example:
• "Omega-3 Trial Suggests 'Nutritional Supplement Might Actually Make a Difference in Aging'" (trial at Ohio State reported telomere preservation in omega-3 supplemented cohort vs controls)
• "Nutrition for Healthy Telemeres – May Help Slow the Biological Clock" (a review of research on telomere destruction and benefits of nutritional support) ]
Telomere length, considered a measure of biological aging, is linked to morbidity and mortality.
Psychosocial factors associated with shortened telomeres are also common in chronic pain; yet, little is known about telomere length in pain populations.
Leukocyte telomere length was evaluated in 66 women with fibromyalgia and 22 healthy female controls.
Participants completed questionnaires and a subgroup of fibromyalgia patients underwent quantitative sensory testing (QST; n = 12) and neuroimaging (n = 12).
Telomere length was measured using the quantitative polymerase chain reaction method.
• Although patients had shorter telomere length than controls, the difference was not statistically significant.
• However, higher levels of pain within fibromyalgia were associated with shorter telomere length (P = .039).
• When pain and depression were combined, patients categorized as high-pain/high-depression had an age-adjusted telomere length 265 base pairs shorter than those with low-pain/low-depression (P = .043), a difference consistent with approximately 6 years of chronological aging.
In the subset tested, telomere length:
• Was also related to pain threshold and pain sensitivity as well as gray matter volume,
• Such that patients with shorter telomeres were more sensitive to evoked pain and had less gray matter in brain regions associated with pain processing (e.g., primary somatosensory cortex).
These preliminary data support a relationship between pain and telomere length.
Our findings support a link between premature cellular aging and chronic pain. These preliminary data imply that chronic pain is a more serious condition than has typically been recognized in terms of bodily aging.
Source: Journal of Pain, Oct 2012; 13(10):959-69. PMID:23031395, by Hassett AL, Epel E, Clauw DJ, Harris RE, Harte SE, Kairys A, Buyske S, Williams DA. Department of Anesthesiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. E-mail: email@example.com]


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2008 Tiara Yachts 5800 Sovran
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Prezzo ridotto
- Year:
- 2008
- Length:
- 61'
- Engine/Fuel Type:
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- Located In:
- Italy
- Hull Material:
- Fiberglass
- 79154-2542270
- Current Price:
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Designer: Tiara Yachts
Flag of Registry: Italy
Hull Shape: Deep Vee
LOA: 18.53 m
Beam: 4.80 m
Maximum Draft: 1.07 m
Displacement: 25061 kgs
Total Power: 870 HP
Engine 1:
Engine Brand: Volvo Penta
Engine Model: IPS 600
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Location: Port
Engine Hours: 820
Drive Type: Pod Drive
Engine Power: 435 HP
Engine 2:
Engine Brand: Volvo Penta
Engine Model: IPS 600
Engine Type: Inboard
Engine/Fuel Type: Diesel
Location: Starboard
Engine Hours: 820
Drive Type: Pod Drive
Engine Power: 435 HP
Cruising Speed: 27 knots
Maximum Speed: 32 knots
Fresh Water Tanks: Fiberglass (757 Liters)
Fuel Tanks: Fiberglass (2460 Liters)
Number of double berths: 2
Number of cabins: 2
Number of bathrooms: 2
Seating Capacity: 14
Log-speedometer - Raymarine ST60
Radar - Raymarine
Autopilot - Raymarine
TV set - with Sat antenna
Plotter - Raymarine, 2, Series G
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Depthsounder - Raymarine ST60
CD player
GPS - Raymarine
Radio - Stereo System Bose Surround
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Washing machine
Electric bilge pump
Battery charger
Air conditioning
Hot water
Deep freezer
Electric head - 2
Refrigerator - 2
Electrical Equipment
Shore power inlet
Generator - Onan, Kw 17
Electrical Circuit: 220V
Outside Equipment/Extras
Cockpit shower
Swimming ladder
Cockpit cushions
Hydraulic gangway
Teak cockpit
Cockpit table
Electric windlass
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Featuring an open and flowing tri-level interior our flagship Tiara 5800 Sovran elevates the at-sea experience to new heights. The upper level includes the helm station and main salon, the mid-level sky galley provides a second entertainment venue, and the lower level features a salon/dinette, along with master, VIP and guest staterooms, plus master and VIP heads.
These new Sovrans generate high-performance horsepower unlike any you have seen from us before. The desires of savvy cruising are fulfilled by technological advances like IPS power systems and joystick control for pinpoint docking and maneuverability. Countless thoughtful details in the Tiara 5800 Sovran design deliver unexpected luxuries to enhance the allure of a day – or even a week – at sea.
5800 SOVRAN UPPER LEVEL SALON: a free-flowing living, socializing, entertaining room distinguished by abundant natural light • ample seating • large L-sofa/lounge • one club chair, port • 40" flat screen LCD TV mounted on hi-lo actuator • Denon® AM/FM stereo system with DVD player and iPod® docking station • drawer-style refrigerator/freezer and storage • teak hardwood floor (optional teak and holly also available)
MID-LEVEL: sky galley is conveniently located between two gathering places – the UPPER LEVEL main salon and the LOWER LEVEL dinette/salon
GALLEY: large portside sky galley features quartz countertops • three-burner electric cooktop with tile backsplash • microwave/convection oven • stainless steel undermount sinks • Sub-Zero® refrigerator/freezer drawers • below counter storage cabinets and drawers • dish lockers • large cellar pantry with lift entry under the galley floor • optional dishwasher and garbage disposal
5800 SOVRAN LOWER LEVEL: sleeping quarters are large, quiet and private • private access to adjoining heads
MASTER STATEROOM: fullbeam • fully carpeted • private entrance from master foyer • over-sized queen berth with innerspring mattress • upholstered headboard • port/starboard dresser drawers • port hanging lockers • pivot-mounted 26" flat screen LCD TV & integrated DVD system • large hullside windows • linen closet with stackable washer/dryer • private entry to master head
MASTER HEAD: • quartz countertop with porcelain vessel sink • lighted mirrored medicine cabinets • lower vanity storage • ceramic tile floor • separate fiberglass stall shower with glass shower door & teak convenience seat
VIP STATEROOM: queen pedestal berth (storage below) with enhanced innerspring mattress • upholstered headboard • teak hardwood floor • port and starboard upper hullside cabinets • starboard hanging locker • 19" flat screen LCD TV and DVD player • private entry to the guest/day head
VIP / DAY HEAD: access from the lower salon and private access from VIP stateroom • quartz countertop with porcelain vessel sink • lighted mirrored medicine cabinet • lower vanity storage • ceramic tile floor • separate fiberglass stall shower with acrylic door & molded-in fiberglass seat
Additional Information
AFT DECK: molded-in wrap-around lounge • high-gloss teak table with hi-lo actuator • starboard wet bar with sink and storage • matching portside storage unit • tempered glass aft deck entry door • molded-in steps to the swim platform • day hatch to the engine room
- Optional features: port/starboard storage units with optional refrigerators or ice makers • port unit Joystick Control (in addition to the standard helm Joystick) • teak decking or carpet • crew quarters
TRANSOM: storage compartment with fiberglass liner and one-piece door actuated with gas springs • integrated 60" swim platform with swim ladder • optional tender management system and/or structural prep for passerelle
HARDTOP: hardtop includes a composite windshield frame with tempered safety glass • retractable 6' carbon fiber sun roof • electronics arch • optional electronics/antenna mast
ENGINE ROOM: large and open for easy service and maintenance • all-white • well-lit
FOREDECK: integrated fiberglass bow pulpit • flush forward anchor locker (with overboard drain) • concealed automatic rope/chain anchor windlass system • foredeck foot pedal • remote switch at the helm
Crew quarter
Crew quarter for one, complete of head.
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Entangled Publishing and Victoria James wanted to share an excerpt from Victoria's holiday romance The Billionaire's Christmas Baby. Enjoy!
Excerpt: The Billionaire's Christmas Baby by Victoria James
Jackson poked the logs in the fire a little too harshly and muffled his cough as a cloud of smoke engulfed his face. He tried to appear calm and natural even though he felt like he'd been backed against a wall by letting this woman and the baby into his home. How had he gotten into this mess? He could tell Hannah was trying to figure him out, and the look in her eyes was unsettling, like she was pleased when he told her about Charlie being a stray. He glanced over at her as she pulled off her red hat and a mass of caramel colored hair came tumbling out. He didn't want to notice how shiny and soft it looked. He turned his attention to the fireplace again, but watched from the corner of his eye as Hannah straightened out her clothing.
Hannah was definitely beautiful—not in a made up, high-maintenance sort of way. She had high cheekbones and full, rosy lips. And even though he didn't want to notice, her eyes were like dark emeralds, large and almond shaped, with impossibly thick black eyelashes. Even more perplexing than their indisputable beauty was the emotion and the warmth they held in them. They weren't vacant, they weren't flirty, and they weren't the eyes of someone who had been friends with his sister. They were clear and sharp, not hollow like someone who was stoned all the time. No, she was too pulled together to have been friends with Louise. So then who the hell was she?
He willed himself not to look lower than her chin. Dammit. Too late. She was curvy and slender in all the right places. He felt himself fighting back a surge of complete and total unwanted desire that gripped him out of nowhere. What was going on with him? Must be a natural reaction to a woman who wasn't thinner than a twig. The last woman he'd slept with had been so skinny he wondered if she had ever eaten a carb in her entire life. But this Hannah woman was off-limits. He didn't date women with children or people associated with his family. And even though there wasn't a wedding band on her hand, she was probably with some guy. Not that it mattered. Not in the least, because he wanted nothing to do with her. Anyone connected to his family was the enemy.
"Look, I really am sorry for barging in like this." She folded her hands in front of her and bit gently on her lower lip. Why were her lips to appealing? Focus buddy, focus. He shrugged, dragging his eyes away from her mouth. "Don't worry about it."
"I really wasn't planning on getting here so late—"
"How did you know I was going to be here? No one knows about this place except my business partner and PA." He saw the exact moment that her embarrassment turned to discomfort.
She waved a hand dismissively, but her voice sounded forced. "Oh, you can find anything online these days."
He crossed his arms in front of him. She wasn't looking so confident now. "No, you can't. You can't find anything about this cabin online."
She averted her eyes. "It wasn't her fault. I was probably a tad dramatic." Maybe it was the sudden change in tone or the softening of her expression that made him get defensive.
Jackson narrowed his eyes. "Whose fault?"
"I think her name was Ann," she said, biting her lip and looking away. Jackson tried to hide his shock. In all the years Ann had worked for him, she'd never released any personal details about him.
"What did you tell her?" He was genuinely interested in knowing how the hell this woman had managed to get the address of his cabin.
"I may have said it was a matter of life or death."
He rolled his eyes. He was surprised Ann fell for that. "You seem to use that line as a catch-all, don't you?"
"Well, I really did need to find you. And she was quite concerned when I mentioned the death part," she said, lifting her chin. Something about the way she stood, the way she wouldn't stop looking at him made him uneasy.
But no matter what, he knew she was here to tell him something he didn't want to know. Not that it should matter. Nothing she could tell him would make him change his mind about his family. He turned his back to her, focusing on the fire that didn't need his attention at all. He heard her shuffling around and then the quiet padding of her feet across the wood floor.
"I'm sorry to bombard you with this."
He ignored her attempt to open up the conversation. He turned to look at her, eyeing her snow-soaked pants. "Do you want to take off your jeans?"
Her green eyes grew comically large. "Pardon me?"
He almost laughed out loud at her expression. "I mean, you're soaked. I can get you a blanket or something and you can put your jeans in the dryer."
"Uh, no, I'll stand here for a few minutes. I'm sure they'll dry quickly by the fire." Her face was still red as she moved closer to the fire.
Why should he care if she wanted to stay in wet jeans all night? "Why don't I show you and uh—" He motioned to the baby with his chin. "—the baby your room?"
You can learn more about Victoria by visiting the following:
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About The Billionaire's Christmas Baby:
Jackson Pierce didn't make his fortune entertaining every half-cocked idea, especially one involving diaper changes. Not even the cute brunette who links him to the baby in her arms can crack his icy heart.
A baby on the doorsteps is the least of Hannah Woods problems–she has to find the baby's uncle, or the child will end up in foster care. She sleuths her way to the reclusive CEO's doorstep only to find six feet of holiday sexy–and a door slammed in her face. But when Jackson comes around, and urges they marry for little Emily's sake, Hannah finds herself falling for the jaded billionaire and wishing for a holiday miracle of their own…
About Victoria James:
Victoria James is a romance writer living near Toronto, Canada. Victoria is a mother to two young children, and one very disorderly feline. Victoria attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and graduated with a degree in English Literature, where she met and then later married, her own hero. After Queen's, Victoria earned a degree in Interior Design. After the birth of her first child she began pursuing her life-long passion of writing. Her dream of being a published romance author was realized last February, 2012, when Entangled Publishing bought her manuscript. Victoria is living her dream-staying home with her children and conjuring up happy endings for her characters.


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Applications of Exponential Functions and Hot Cocoa!
Lesson 9 of 13
Objective: SWBAT predict the graph of a hot cup of cooling cocoa and then collect and compare the actual data to graph the function.
Big Idea: The purpose of this lesson is to model an exponential function using temperature and how to apply Newton's Law of Cooling.
Warm Up
For today's lesson students will explore two applications of exponential functions:
During the Warm Up students predict the shape of a graph modeling a cup of hot cocoa cooling. In the next section of the lesson, students will compare it to the graph of an actual cup of cooling hot cocoa.
In this Think-Pair-Share activity, the Cocoa story, I provide students five minutes to read it and to work the problem on their own. I have them assigned to a partner in my classroom to work about 3 minutes after the individual time to compare and make changes. The partners are assigned homogeneously in my classroom unless I feel the need to place lower level students in heterogeneous groups in order for them to keep progressing.
I expect that some of my students will struggle with drawing a graph of the story without numbers. I instruct them to search on the internet for the temperature of a hot cup of cocoa and the degree of room temperature to help determine the numbers to scale the graph. I post the following questions while they are working to prompt student thinking:
- At what temperature does a restaurant serve a cup of hot Cocoa?
- What temperature would be considered room temperature?
- What 2 variables can be used to describe the change in Hot Cocoa?
- If you scale your graph before you graph the story, what would be an appropriate scale for the x axis? The y axis?
- Will every student's graph look the same? Why or why not?
Student 1 drew 3 line segments to demonstrate the Cocoa cooling quickly, then at a slower rate, and then a horizontal line to represent a constant temperature at room temperature.
Student 2 drew more of a curve and then a constant line at the end.
I have six students sketch their graphs on the Applying Exponential Functions PowerPoint. Students will refer back to these predictions after collecting the actual data from a hot cup of cocoa and draw the actual graph also.
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After the students complete their predictions, as a class, we perform an experiment on an actual cup of cooling cocoa. I have provided a copy of our actual data and graph. In the PowerPoint, I provide a page for collecting class data. This could also have been done in small groups for more student engagement if it is set up right with safety precautions. I was concerned about the hot beverage, so we did the experiment as a class.
Materials needed:
Coffee maker
1 paper cup-material of cup may change the data
data chart to record data
graph paper to graph the data
To collect the data for the actual cup of cooling cocoa:
- Make one cup of hot cocoa using coffee maker in the classroom. (Safety precautions)
- Immediately take the temperature of the cocoa using a digital thermometer to find the initial temperature in degrees Farenheit
- Take the temperature every minute until it reaches room temperature at 70 degrees.
- You may assign some of the jobs to students (2 time keepers, recorder, etc.)
As is shown, it models a continuous curve or exponential function that does not level out until around 80 degrees, and actually in our experiment it does not reach the room temperature of 70 degrees. It begins cooling rapidly, and cools more slowly as it approaches room temperature. Student two predicts closer to the actual graph than student one. I also model this as an exponential function from the table by finding the common ratio. As a class, we find the average of the ratios between each output value and its previous output value to identify the common ratio.
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Guided Notes
After the analysis of the actual cup of cooling cocoa, students should recognize it as an exponential function. I build from this example, to introduce Newton's Law of Cooling. I use a PowerPoint to provide students with notes and examples on the importance of e and Newton's Law of Cooling.
The Time of Death Problem provides a second application for students to explore. I review the Time of Death Problem in the video below:
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Exit Ticket
I use this Exit slip as a formative assessment to check student progress and understanding of exponential functions and how to apply Newton's Law of Cooling to problems involving a continuos change of temperature.
The Exit Slip also provides an example that shows when a constant is added or subtracted to the temperature, it affects the data. Some other factors that may affect the data when using Newton's Law of Cooling are listed below:
- accuracy of the temperature readings
- how stable the temperature of the environment is surrounding the object
- the type of material forms the surface area of the object.
Some mistakes that students made when completing this problem is mostly making incorrect substitutions or problem using the natural log to solve for t in the exponent. I provide a key to the Exit Slip in the resource section.


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Transportation identified the right employee for teleworking as one who participates voluntarily, works independently, has at least a fully successful rating, and requires minimum supervision. Supervisors should review potential telework positions on a case-by-case basis because not everyone classified to the same job series actually does the same work.
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Supervisors also need to develop and reward their teleworkers. They should continue to offer teleworkers training and more responsibility. Supervisors should recognize teleworkers as they do other employees by offering monetary or honorary awards, new duties, and encouragement.
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The Department of Energy highlighted desirable telework goals including - energy savings, cost savings, and promoting the Administration's e-Government agenda.
Supervisors should keep in mind the characteristics of an employee when determining whether the person is suitable for telework. For example, the employee who relates to others may need to be around people. That employee may feel isolated working from a remote location and may not be right for telework.
Supervisors should review all positions for telework. Positions that include tasks that can be measured or result in specific work products may be suitable for telework. Positions that require face-to-face meetings may not be appro-priate.
Supervisors also need to plan teleworkers' performance. They should plan work with results-oriented standards, make tasks "do-able at a distance," and develop action plans with timetables. Teleworkers should not be held to a higher production standard solely because they are teleworkers.
Dealing with the poor performer is one of the most difficult issues for telework. Supervisors should look at conduct and performance issues separately. They should consult with the teleworker to find the causes of and solutions for performance problems. Taking someone off telework will not necessarily address the performance problems.
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Healing and Default UIs
Which is rather odd if you consider the fact that healers are the one role which interacts with the UI the most. One would think that the default UI should be optimized for healing. A healing-centric UI would still be functional for the DPS and tanks.
Here are three elements that a good healing UI needs:
1. All the friendly health bars in one place.
Almost all health bars put your own health bar in a different location than the other friendly players. SWTOR puts the companion health bar in a completely different place too. This is the first thing which is fixed by every single healing mod. All relevant health bars are collected together in one compact location.
2. Minimize target-switching.
I would love to see a default UI implement mouse-over casting for friendly spells out of the box. It makes healing so much easier and cleaner.
I also rather liked having Warhammer Online's use of one friendly target and one hostile target, that could be switched independently. You can kind of work around this with focus targets, but it's a lot easier to keep an eye on enemies with true dual-targets.
3. Emphasize relevant debuffs and buffs.
This is the hardest element to get correct for a default UI. But simply displaying all buffs and debuffs on a target is just not good enough. A healer needs to know when important debuffs are on the target, especially for dispelling. As for buffs, in general you only need to know when your short term buffs like HoTs and shields have worn off a friendly target.
I strongly recommend that any new MMO design the default UI with healers in mind. In fact, I'd go so far as to insist that the default UI designer be a full-time healer. Healers are the class which will interact with the UI the most, and thus the ones who suffer the most with a badly-designed UI.
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Amen. Well said.ReplyDelete
So true...ReplyDelete
This is one are when WoW is light-years ahead. Not because their stock UI is particularly good (it's getting better...), but because mods allow you to see what you need to see and do what you need to do.
Yes. This is exactly why I quit Rift after 1 month's play and went back to Wow. No way to click cast? Bye bye.ReplyDelete
The other alternative is the method used in Age of Conan: the majority of heals were not targeted, they were area effect, instead.ReplyDelete
Every healer class had two basic heals, one cone-shaped and one PBAOE. As I recall, there were also supplemental heals (targeted, wards, bubbles, etc.), but the "green" and "blue" heals provided the majority of the healing. It made AoC one of the few games in which I was willing to play a healer. I can't stand the "whack a mole" paradigm that constitutes healing in most other MMOs.
- Anonymous8:11 PM, February 23, 2012
Good point, but I do not agree a healer UI is good for a DPS. I'm glad my UI in WoW called ElvUI allows me to use different layout for different roles.ReplyDelete
In WoW I use Vuhdo (but what I'm going to say would count for any other healer addon, like Grid), and I have this in the middle of my screen, slightly below. My UF are on bottom on screen, near my bars (I don't use power auras for CDs, I just use my bars). This way I still see easily near my peripheral vision what is going on in the fight.
Near UF and bars. I also keep notice of important procs and ICDs a-la ForteXorcist.
As a DPS I'd require such more, and use stuff like power auras. Then I could have this all a little bit higher near my peripheral vision in middle of screen. My point is that as a DPS I would not be too concerned about the health and debuffs of my teammates; I am more focused on my output, and everything which can help that should have priority over that.
Of course, as a raid leader, raid assistant, PvP player (BG/arena) something like raid frames is more important but the average DPS does not, should not, and is not able to focus on this. If he is, the encounter is too easy.
Now, my reply to all of the above in the only other MMO I have tried to play is SWTOR I have a Jedi Sage near level 50. Healing is easy, but I actually cannot emphasize certain buffs/debuffs, have the "raid frame" function like even Grid + Clique (I'd rather have mouse binds since I got a Naga, but whatever) and they are totally out of my peripheral vision. Healing 5mans and BG^H^HWZ is horrible because of this (tactic-wise it is all rather easy and I did things above my intended level). I really miss macros, addons. Heck I even miss skada/recount equiv.


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The Campus Directory helps you find the phone number and email address of any student, faculty/staff, or department that you may be looking for.
Campus Map
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The Ithaca [Insider]
A student-run program, e-mailed to the majority of students of IC which keeps students up-to-date on the campus wide events that will be occurring over the course of that particular week.
General Administrative Services
General Services Building ~ 607-274-3220
The General Administrative Services is a great resource that provides many different services. Its services include the Print Shop, Copy It, Duplicating Center, and the Mail Services.
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The Office of Public Safety is located in the Center for Public Safety and General Services on Farm Pond Road and is operational 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, year round - 607-274-3333
Important Offices on Campus
The student handbook website is a resource guide to valuable information about Ithaca College, including residential life services and public safety issues. It also links to the student conduct code and related policies that outline students' rights and responsibilities as members of the Ithaca College community.
Counseling Center
101 Hammond Health Center ~ 607-274-3136
The Counseling Center provides ongoing counseling as well as short-term individual, group, and relationship counseling, crisis intervention, consultation for faculty, staff, parents, and students, and educational programs to the campus community. Counseling services are offered at no charge to the College community.
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201 Hammond Health Center ~ 607-274-3177
The Hammond Health Center provides health care for the students of Ithaca College by appointment and on an urgent care basis. The Hammond Health Center works closely with Cayuga Medical Center and with local and regional specialists in virtually every discipline to provide referrals whenever off-campus care is necessary.
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150 Hammond Health Center ~ 607-274-7394
The Center for LGBT Education, Outreach & Services actively fosters the academic success and personal growth of LGBT students, and offers college wide services to enhance the campus community's understanding and appreciation of LGBT people and themes.
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140 Phillips Hall ~ 607-274-3210
The college Bookstore is a great place to buy your books for the semester as well as any supplies you may need.
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IC Dining Services offers a variety of meal plans for students. The staff is committed to providing fresh, delicious and nutritious meals that reflect current culinary trends and cuisine from around the world.
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Full Disclosure: Chris Brogan and Kmart
While I'm on the disclosure topic, here's Chris Brogan on advertising, trust and a recent sponsored post he did for Kmart. I've been a critic of Izea / Pay Per Post in the past, because early deployments of the concept didn't always require that paid participants disclose the deal. You can't say that Brogan, though, wasn't transparent from the get-go:
"I have to admit that I haven't stepped foot in a Kmart for a while, like probably since before they merged up with Sears. But this assignment was totally worth it. Basically, the plan was this: take a $500 gift card and figure out what was cool to buy at Kmart."
And, regardless of my take on Izea, his response to criticism over the above offers sound advice to all online publishers.
"Businesses are trying to do exactly what we asked them to do. They're trying to master our languages. They're trying to talk to us where we are. They're looking for new ways to talk and to advertise."
Is that such a bad thing?! Perhaps a better question, though: Why does ad-supported media feel so shockingly new to some people?
"Those models all work on advertising-to-pay-for-editorial and editorial-to-keep-eyeballs-to-support-advertising. In fact, all previous media works that way. TV, radio, etc. Lost isn't on TV because it's cool. It's because people can advertise against it…."
"In larger operations, there's a bag man to take the advertising money and leave the journalists pure. I'll get back to that point, because there is a line still, and that line must be respected. That hasn't changed, and won't change. But because there are many of us who are the publisher, the writer, the researcher, the customer service department, and the public relations staff, you're going to have to seek a slightly different way to manifest that distinction."
The solution to that problem? Transparency, disclosure and some more transparency:
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"The sponsored post about Kmart had the words 'sponsored post' in the title, in the first line, and in the last line of the post, with links to the company that sponsored me (Izea). The first paragraph explained the campaign and what I was doing for the project. It was very clearly a sponsored post. Do you disagree?
"To me, this can't be much more clear."
Yup. But disclosure alone isn't the only rule to keep publishers out of trouble. Every publication that has an audience does so because that audience gets something unique from that publication. Stated or not, there's a contract between the authors of that publication and its readers. In some cases, journalistic impartiality will prevent a publication from inviting a marketer into the editorial conversation, disclosed or otherwise. Each publication needs to understand that contract, and find sponsorship models that don't put it in breach with its readers.


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